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we said we're going to reduce the fund big 16%. we detailed in our report some of the things that are of interest to us and we actually are going to take a look at privatizing the entire government printing office. but once again, so much of that is driven by this title 44. already, the g.p.o. has announced a buyout program. they're going to reduce their work force by 15% through this buyout program, that's 330 positions and any further significant changes are going to require a change in this printing law. so while i think the gentleman makes some good points, i want to say we looked at the facts, reduced spend big 16%, we think that's appropriate and i urge a no vote on this amendment. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from indiana is recognize. mr. stutzman: mr. chairman, i yield myself one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. stutzman: i do appreciate the point about the responsibilities of the g.p.o. and that they are required by law to print certai
we said we're going to reduce the fund big 16%. we detailed in our report some of the things that are of interest to us and we actually are going to take a look at privatizing the entire government printing office. but once again, so much of that is driven by this title 44. already, the g.p.o. has announced a buyout program. they're going to reduce their work force by 15% through this buyout program, that's 330 positions and any further significant changes are going to require a change in this...
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we play a big role but i see economic development as a public/private partnership. my trade missions introduced different businesses to companies and to governmental entities they would never have access to but for me. that is our partnership. washington state is most trade- dependent state in the nation. our ticket out of this recession is trade. our ports are booming. our exports are up. we know that is where our bread and butter lies. you cannot get that product onto that ship if you cannot get across a bridge or over a highway. that is where state government has to be a good partner, said a good climate, and work well with the business community to make it happen and involve the work with our labour community who oftentimes know the best way to insure efficiency and effectiveness in delivering what state government is responsible to do. >> you said one of the most difficult jobs in the country today is being a governor. do you think the republican party should nominate a candidate for president in 2012 was a former governor? we're talking about john hulsman who
we play a big role but i see economic development as a public/private partnership. my trade missions introduced different businesses to companies and to governmental entities they would never have access to but for me. that is our partnership. washington state is most trade- dependent state in the nation. our ticket out of this recession is trade. our ports are booming. our exports are up. we know that is where our bread and butter lies. you cannot get that product onto that ship if you cannot...
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to put their big ideas into practice. if you are studying a discipline today a you have a great career ahead of you, not just at nasa or at other government institutions. when the final shuttle landing occurs, and the cheers subside, we will keep on moving toward where we want to go next. your kids and my grandkids, they are going to do things today that we can barely three months. our nation has made great progress throughout its history by innovating systems -- solutions to meet challenges. these challenges motivate a technological work force, but also created new technologies along the way. these achievements inspired generations to pursue challenges and the goals, created new industries, and improved our country and our world. 50 years ago, a young president gave nasa a grand challenge. they chose of gas a day not simplicity. in accomplishing the goal, nasa defined america and made a lasting impression on the national security and geopolitical landscape of our times. today we have another young president, barack obama
to put their big ideas into practice. if you are studying a discipline today a you have a great career ahead of you, not just at nasa or at other government institutions. when the final shuttle landing occurs, and the cheers subside, we will keep on moving toward where we want to go next. your kids and my grandkids, they are going to do things today that we can barely three months. our nation has made great progress throughout its history by innovating systems -- solutions to meet challenges....
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i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going after the cutting-edge biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow, for example, brazil to run about a third of its transportation system on biofuels. now, they get it from sugar cane and it's a more efficient conversion process than corn-based ethanol. and so us doing more basic research in finding better ways to do the same concept i think is the right way to go. q i believe you addressed this next one, so we're going to skip past it. the president: i did. q but from ryan: "i would cut defense spending." q and james: "i'd cut c
i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going...
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there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be killed and separated, so there was a big loss. my own personal loss i was involved in this case transformation policy-making at the time and we were passionate about the x33 program single stage oregon and i learned a very important lesson, which is policy never trump's physics. so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, if it will happen, and we wanted to will the single states to orbit in existence and we had a beautiful concept that looked like the future we did this didn't have the technology. and ultimately we didn't have the will either. i th
there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be...
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they have to see the big picture. i am the big picture guy. host: npr.org breaks down the statistics about who is serving and the comparison to the vietnam era. it has gone down significantly group 2008. nbc who -- and we wee wsee who servers according to gender. race and ethnicity as we drop down a little farther, 66% of military personnel are quite, compared with 64% among the u.s. population. we can see a little bit of the picture of louis serving and in the midst of military branch by race and ethnicity -- a picture serving.who is matt writes on twitter -- guest: there's no question that been the age of an all-volunteer force, which is what we have now, the benefits have to be enough to attract people. we had a spike in recruiting. there were real problems in recruiting before 9/11. so there's a correlation. people not able to get a job elsewhere will join. people who are economically not privileged are disproportionately non-white. that is true. of more interest to me at this point is the fact that the military is not so small. that is th
they have to see the big picture. i am the big picture guy. host: npr.org breaks down the statistics about who is serving and the comparison to the vietnam era. it has gone down significantly group 2008. nbc who -- and we wee wsee who servers according to gender. race and ethnicity as we drop down a little farther, 66% of military personnel are quite, compared with 64% among the u.s. population. we can see a little bit of the picture of louis serving and in the midst of military branch by race...
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i ran for president because it was time to do big things. we cannot keep kicking the can down the road anymore. thank you p. let me tell you what i thought there was so important to run even though michelle is not so sure. and why you got involved. we ran because we believe in an economy that cannot work. it worked for everybody. prosperity with shared from the machinists on the lines to a manager on the floor. we ran because he believed our success is not just determine. they consider their kids to and could do dinner once in awhile. because for a decade, wages and incomes have flat line. koss kept going up for everybody even though they did not have any more income. that is before the economic crisis. we were ablehit, to save them from collapse. we make sure that the automobile company ceo's were making the bonuses. we did it because he wanted to make sure that families who needed help could still take out loans to buy a house are starting a business. we wanted to make sure the millions of people who dealt with the automobile industry woul
i ran for president because it was time to do big things. we cannot keep kicking the can down the road anymore. thank you p. let me tell you what i thought there was so important to run even though michelle is not so sure. and why you got involved. we ran because we believe in an economy that cannot work. it worked for everybody. prosperity with shared from the machinists on the lines to a manager on the floor. we ran because he believed our success is not just determine. they consider their...
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this is a big special interest giveaway and that is simple. it's a classic example of legislating to benefit friends and ben factors, big oil and other corporate polluters at the expense of national interests. the nation's natural resources are not ours to exploit at all will. they're on loan to us. we must be the responsible stewards. it will be a moral failure if we don't pass an improved environmental bill and if we don't pass an environment on to the next generation, one that is in even better condition than the one we have today. but that's what this disgraceful legislation would do. it breaks a covenant that the american people take very seriously, a covenant they actually take for granted. it's republican extremism run amok, on steroids, rampaging out of control. the base bill, h.r. 2584, must be stopped. this amendment cannot see the daylight. i urge all my colleagues to vote no. i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from california yields back her time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman -- >> mr. chairman. t
this is a big special interest giveaway and that is simple. it's a classic example of legislating to benefit friends and ben factors, big oil and other corporate polluters at the expense of national interests. the nation's natural resources are not ours to exploit at all will. they're on loan to us. we must be the responsible stewards. it will be a moral failure if we don't pass an improved environmental bill and if we don't pass an environment on to the next generation, one that is in even...
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why big money always have to throw the burden on the backs of the poor. and i know people who will end up out on the streets if they go through with any major cuts in these programs. there is a lot of waste in these programs that could be taken care of. the hierarchies and government -- in government, that just will not let go. it seems like a couple of years ago there was a debate that drag on for months -- that was about health care. now we have another debate is dragging on for months, and now it is the deficit. it is like we are all being deceived. i don't go for conspiracy theories, but it is like our attention has been dragged away from something else that is really going on. host: arthur from corpus christi, texas. next is jackie who is a democrat from indianapolis. caller: good morning para you know -- good morning. you know, i have been watching politics ever since obama was an office and it appears to me, it does not matter what he does, he can't do anything right. as it relates to all of this talk about social security and being labeled as an e
why big money always have to throw the burden on the backs of the poor. and i know people who will end up out on the streets if they go through with any major cuts in these programs. there is a lot of waste in these programs that could be taken care of. the hierarchies and government -- in government, that just will not let go. it seems like a couple of years ago there was a debate that drag on for months -- that was about health care. now we have another debate is dragging on for months, and...
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twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the fact is we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bartisan bills in here where wve cut money, gnificant money, a billion here, $5 billion here, $7 billion here, go through the senate with vast majority votes only to go nowhere. because the allowance for the deba on the underlying bills was stopped. the bills were pulled. so what do we do? well, the first thing we do is we look at what the problems are. what are the problems? we have a hundred different programs with a hundred sets of bureaucracies for surface transportation alone. why do we do that? why haven't we fixed it? that's a question the american people ought to be asking. we have 82 programs to
twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the fact is we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bartisan bills in here where wve cut money, gnificant money, a billion here, $5 billion here, $7...
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i set up a concert down there and we went down there and did a big concert. recently, i did a concert at camp pendleton. dana came down again and performed for the troops. i am not afraid to call anybody. i think they can help the troops, i will do that. >> people are interested in the creative side of your work as well. you play president truman and you have been floated as a possible candidate for able variety of offices. have you thought of getting into the trenches? >> i am and actor. we get paid to learn lines and get our mark. >> don't hit this market. >> i never thought about any of that. >> what american international figure which you like to consider playing since you have played politicians in the past? or have you even thought about that? >> i have not thought about playing another political figure. i have done a few of those. it was fun. i would like to play jimmy doolittle. a great american hero and a medal of honor recipient. i have had a privilege to be in the middle of honor society. i have worked with the medal of honor society since 2006. i
i set up a concert down there and we went down there and did a big concert. recently, i did a concert at camp pendleton. dana came down again and performed for the troops. i am not afraid to call anybody. i think they can help the troops, i will do that. >> people are interested in the creative side of your work as well. you play president truman and you have been floated as a possible candidate for able variety of offices. have you thought of getting into the trenches? >> i am and...
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obviously, this is a big issue, but we have to deal with growth. the last jobs report, that is pretty embarrassing. it is embarrassing when you think we have more graduates in minnesota that we have jobs coming out nationally, so knowing that that is the case, we want a tax burden that is going to promote work, savings, and investment. what should be the focus on that in the context of debt and equity? ms. olson? >> a consumption tax, and there are many ways to get there, like a comprehensive tax that congress may look at to move in that direction. >> i largely agree with that. i think what we're aiming for, i think a lot of us agree on that the broad base of the rates is a place to start in to try to reduce the distortions in the code that lead not only to a reduction in the tax revenue but an incentive to engage in wasteful tax planning, from a long-term economic perspective, it is not encouraging long-term growth. >> and we have a lot that comes from panelists about lowering the rate and the context of helping small businesses, if there are any
obviously, this is a big issue, but we have to deal with growth. the last jobs report, that is pretty embarrassing. it is embarrassing when you think we have more graduates in minnesota that we have jobs coming out nationally, so knowing that that is the case, we want a tax burden that is going to promote work, savings, and investment. what should be the focus on that in the context of debt and equity? ms. olson? >> a consumption tax, and there are many ways to get there, like a...
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host: a big push from republicans on a balanced-budget amendment. that issue has come back to the forefront in the gop terms. what is your reaction to that, their current mantra? guest: i think the balanced budget amendment might be the worst idea -- would not say ever, but it is pretty terrible. putting a cap on total spending -- i think the house is saying 80% of gdp -- that would cripple government. it would require massive cuts to existing services, up to 70%, but it would -- in the event of recession or war, it would sharply limit what the united states could actually do. i do not imagine -- quick spending for military action -- i do not imagine that happening at all. requiring the 2/3 votes for tax increases would put this in the same situation as california is right now. they are virtually not capable of dealing with their budget problems because it requires a 2/3 majority to pass a tax measure. that has crippled the government. host: conn carroll? guest: do i have to? [laughter] i am not against the balanced budget. i think it is a way to ki
host: a big push from republicans on a balanced-budget amendment. that issue has come back to the forefront in the gop terms. what is your reaction to that, their current mantra? guest: i think the balanced budget amendment might be the worst idea -- would not say ever, but it is pretty terrible. putting a cap on total spending -- i think the house is saying 80% of gdp -- that would cripple government. it would require massive cuts to existing services, up to 70%, but it would -- in the event...
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and that safes them a pretty big -- saves them a pretty big tax bill. we're already initiating a bunch of steps. the biggest challenge i hear from small businesses now has to do with financing because a lot of small businesses got their financing from community banks. typically they are not getting them from the big wall street banks but they are getting them from the various region a.m. banks in their communities. a lot of those banks >> pretty overextended in the commercial real estate market which has been hammered. a lot of them are still digging themselves out of bad loans that they made that were shown to be bad during the recession. what we tried to do is get the small business administration, the federal agency that helps small businesses to step in and to provide more financing. you know, waiving fees, seeing if we can lower interest rates in some cases, making sure that the threshold for companies that qualify for loans are more generous and that has helped a lot of small businesses all across the country and this is another example of where w
and that safes them a pretty big -- saves them a pretty big tax bill. we're already initiating a bunch of steps. the biggest challenge i hear from small businesses now has to do with financing because a lot of small businesses got their financing from community banks. typically they are not getting them from the big wall street banks but they are getting them from the various region a.m. banks in their communities. a lot of those banks >> pretty overextended in the commercial real estate...
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but an exhaustive history of big oil spills these are not freak accidents but evidence of big oil's neglect. empty safety promises belongs to transcanada who dubbed the keystone pipeline the safest pipeline ever built. a year and 1 spills later keystone was shut down and deemed an imminent threat to life, property and the environment. before we permit the keystone e.x. pipeline, another deadly transcanada pipeline, we must reform our safety regulation because our pipeline must be as consistent as old faithful. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: i ask permission to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. last weekend we celebrated america's independence day. as i visited with constituents, they asked that we create another independence movement. independence from middle eastern oil, and i agr
but an exhaustive history of big oil spills these are not freak accidents but evidence of big oil's neglect. empty safety promises belongs to transcanada who dubbed the keystone pipeline the safest pipeline ever built. a year and 1 spills later keystone was shut down and deemed an imminent threat to life, property and the environment. before we permit the keystone e.x. pipeline, another deadly transcanada pipeline, we must reform our safety regulation because our pipeline must be as consistent...
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we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening remarks. i want you to think seriously about what it implies. singapore is not worrying about the jasmine revolution. singapore is the model. think of china as a giant, technocratic singapore in which the one-party state evolves itself in ways to avoid the collapse of the soviet experience. the second point, and this is where differ, it is precisely when nations are struggling with problems of internal political reform and challenges from below that they are most likely to pursue a more selfish and aggressive foreign policy.
we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening...
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we need to grow this economy in a big-time way. stronger and faster economic growth is the best way to successfully put americans back to work. to generate that growth and create those jobs, we must clear away the impediments government has imposed. we must reduce the uncertainty that discourages business from expanding and hiring. we must stop wringing our hands and start acting quickly and boldly to solve our problems. we must recapture what america can do, that americans. that will install new confidence in consumers and investors. growth will not solve all of our nation's challenges right away, but we can do a helluva lot more with growth and we can do without it. businesses will get more customers, government will get more revenues, and more importantly, americans will get more jobs if we focus on growth. so what must we do to get the stronger and faster growth we need to put americans back to work? i would like to suggest a few steps. some that can help create joe -- growth and jobs right away, and others will help over a lon
we need to grow this economy in a big-time way. stronger and faster economic growth is the best way to successfully put americans back to work. to generate that growth and create those jobs, we must clear away the impediments government has imposed. we must reduce the uncertainty that discourages business from expanding and hiring. we must stop wringing our hands and start acting quickly and boldly to solve our problems. we must recapture what america can do, that americans. that will install...
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is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the oor that makes all those cuts, undermines social security, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have benefited so much from the greatness of our country? is it our best? is it our best to drag this out for all this time to keep in sess spence as to whether we would -- suspense as to whether we would honor our cotitutional responsibility to pay our debts? the constitution says the national debt has to be recognized. it has to be recognized. and recognize we did. president after president, 3 times in -- 32 times in recent memory, including when president bush was president, at that time, even though many of us did not agree with the war in iraq, did not agree the tax cutsor t
is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the oor that makes all those cuts, undermines social security, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have benefited...
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i am a big supporter of biofuels. one thing that has become clear is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels made from things like wood chips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn. that is probably the least efficient energy producer of the various other approaches. it is important to examine if we're going after the cutting edge by diesel --biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow brazil to run about 1/3 of its transportation system on biofuels. they get it from sugar cane. it is a more efficient conversion process than corn- based ethanol. doing more research in finding better ways to do the same concepts, i think that is the right way to go. >> i believe you addressed this next one. we will skip past it. james says he would cut costs by cutting welfare programs. people will not try harder when they are handed everything. >> i think we should acknowledge that some welfare programs in the past were not well-designed. in some cases, they did encourage dependency. i worked
i am a big supporter of biofuels. one thing that has become clear is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels made from things like wood chips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn. that is probably the least efficient energy producer of the various other approaches. it is important to examine if we're going after the cutting edge by diesel --biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow brazil to run about 1/3 of its transportation system on biofuels....
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security challenges obviously remain a big problem. and i think that we're going to have to try to dig through all those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime that's being spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. then i think it's time we focus on the mission where we are training security forces and we are working to provide stability against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it's time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stinks when it comes to reconstruction projects. now, i hope that you all are going to convince me i've become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we're spending money in theater and i want to tell you i'm looking for good n
security challenges obviously remain a big problem. and i think that we're going to have to try to dig through all those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime that's being spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. then i think it's time we focus on the mission where we are...
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therefore, i do not think there is any big hurdle. sometimes there are concerns to be addressed and we will be doing exactly the same. >> i cannot improve on that. i think if you look at this relationship, one of the things that is so encouraging is the relative absence of trauma -- of drama. there is a complementary interest that the private sector has ample room to take advantage of but there are a lot of things that stand in the way of that. we will try to work through some of those things. >> i think we can do with a less drama in some parts of the world. we'll take to questions as a group and then go back to the ministers. >> in the context of the u.s.- china relationships, secretary geithner laid out exactly what the u.s. wants from china and what china wants from the u.s.. despite the notions of generic cooperation, do you have a similar specific list for india? i would be interested in mr. -- minister mukherjee's views. >> i am really happy to be here because i have a slightly different view on the economies. i have lived both
therefore, i do not think there is any big hurdle. sometimes there are concerns to be addressed and we will be doing exactly the same. >> i cannot improve on that. i think if you look at this relationship, one of the things that is so encouraging is the relative absence of trauma -- of drama. there is a complementary interest that the private sector has ample room to take advantage of but there are a lot of things that stand in the way of that. we will try to work through some of those...
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we are left with a big deficit. all they talk about is cutting. -- host: we will have to leave it there. when it comes to government spending issues are concerned, that is what we are weighing in right now. good morning, james, independent line. caller: 5 believe the oil companies and big businesses should pay their fair share. republicans are nothing but a bunch of lawyers. they have -- lawyers. -- liars. they have been line ever since george bush was in there. host: what kind of spending and programs are you talking about? caller: all of their subsidies and not paying any taxes. host: we will leave it there. please turn down your television sets when you call in. florida, this is a comment from twitter. another call from minnesota this morning, what to cut what to keep? caller: i am a republican. it is hard to hear that we are the party of no, no, no. at the federal level, of our government has shut down because they cannot come together. republican-led states that do not have cannot of raising of taxes, the state
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to get something going in congress, we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and certainly the discrimination issues are one thing we need to tuck to. i would like to take this opportunity to ask leonard bosswell to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the f.a.a. shuts down. >> it's not often you have the luxury of a reserve congressman. please, congressman. congressman, we haven't heard from you. >> i know time is short. i want to is a absolute all of you for having this and the thought process. we are certainly in crisis, you all know this. history is being written, what's it going to say? that's what's driving me and probably all of you. i was somewhat relieved, i even asked for mr. somers to leave town, i wondered what are we going to do. i'm glad he's doing what he does well, he's a wonderful professor. we have got to get to building things with american hands. until we can do this, we're going to continue to go the wrong way. i think -- i'll just say this, i think it's ok we've got a deficit situation, it's ok to ha
to get something going in congress, we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and certainly the discrimination issues are one thing we need to tuck to. i would like to take this opportunity to ask leonard bosswell to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the f.a.a. shuts down. >> it's not often you have the luxury of a reserve congressman. please, congressman. congressman, we haven't heard from you. >> i know time is short. i want to is a absolute all...
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the senate, probably, but the house where there is a big sticking point. they have to come up with something that would clear the house in order to get through congress and become law. that is where they are stuck right now. they will meet thursday at the white house -- republican and democratic leaders together -- and going to try again to talk, but already it sounds like this will be a difficult conversation. yesterday, the speaker of the house john boehner, republican, put out this sort of warning that we could come to the white house and talk -- that is fine -- but it doesn't sound like things will go very far, he said, unless the president understands that republicans are not willing to raise taxes. as i said earlier, the president over the said we need a compromise, we need something that involves both cuts, which is what the republicans want, and ways to raise revenue. >> have democrats compromised on the hold medicare cuts issue? guest: right now there -- what to do with medicare and medicaid. i know the republicans said they want to raise the age
the senate, probably, but the house where there is a big sticking point. they have to come up with something that would clear the house in order to get through congress and become law. that is where they are stuck right now. they will meet thursday at the white house -- republican and democratic leaders together -- and going to try again to talk, but already it sounds like this will be a difficult conversation. yesterday, the speaker of the house john boehner, republican, put out this sort of...
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the money made a big difference. one was funded primarily by the french airline tax on overseas flights. that funds the children's medicine part. i give you this only as an example. we applied the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got in the climate change business. we are helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by not only retrofitting buildings but changing the street lights. wherever possible in megacities, we close landfills, which are huge in matters of methane gas, and which are gold mines. in all those landfills, you have recyclable glass, plastic, and metal, and all the rest. the organic material can be turned into fertilizer and the rest can be turned into electricity. we are trying to do the same thing. we have doubled, tripled, and sometimes quadruple the income of african farmers by lowering the cost of fertilizer and seed, and working out a distribution network, and saving them have their income by taking their products to market. the po
the money made a big difference. one was funded primarily by the french airline tax on overseas flights. that funds the children's medicine part. i give you this only as an example. we applied the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got in the climate change business. we are helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by not only retrofitting buildings but changing the street lights. wherever possible in megacities, we close...
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it makes no sense to me. >> how about your big rich? [laughter] >> it does seem as if, if anything, the politics, as dynamic as they might be and i agree that the me going in the opposite direction -- i am talking about presidential politics -- it seems as if the political strategy of the administration seems to be to avoid discussion of jobs or unemployment. let's talk about some of the specifics if we can. patrick, maybe you can talk a little bit about the day china trade issue, the environment for getting comfortable with china. >> i am a member of the u.s.- china economic review commission. this is like the bipartisan congressional think tank on china. republicans and democrats see it exactly right. i am a member of the commission, but i am not speaking for the commission at this time. everything we do is on our side. let me quickly go through this. in the last 10 years, the united states has run $6 trillion worth of trade deficits. we have run two dollars trillion in trade deficits with china. when it -- we have run $2 trillion in
it makes no sense to me. >> how about your big rich? [laughter] >> it does seem as if, if anything, the politics, as dynamic as they might be and i agree that the me going in the opposite direction -- i am talking about presidential politics -- it seems as if the political strategy of the administration seems to be to avoid discussion of jobs or unemployment. let's talk about some of the specifics if we can. patrick, maybe you can talk a little bit about the day china trade issue,...
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so the only one that can have a rule overturned is a big bank on wall street, one who is too big to fail. the way it is currently written, you have given a voice to those people who helped cause this financial crisis. you know what? i'm not from wall street. i'm from small-town, rural wisconsin. we don't have big wall street banks. we have small community banks and we have credit unions. the way the current bill is written, not mine, the one that's in existence today, it doesn't give a voice to the people in my community if a rule that comes down from the cfpb is going to affect them negatively. on main street, the very people who had nothing to do with the financial crisis, who haven't been given a voice, but will if my bill passes, those are the people who deal with our small business owners. with our family members. people who are looking at expanding their business, growing their business, creating jobs in our community. they rely on community banks and credit unions for loans. and they don't have a voice. i don't understand that. and then, those same people that you look to when you
so the only one that can have a rule overturned is a big bank on wall street, one who is too big to fail. the way it is currently written, you have given a voice to those people who helped cause this financial crisis. you know what? i'm not from wall street. i'm from small-town, rural wisconsin. we don't have big wall street banks. we have small community banks and we have credit unions. the way the current bill is written, not mine, the one that's in existence today, it doesn't give a voice to...
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there's a lot of work to be done at a big airports such as dallas, for instance. my understanding of the dollars and the metrics, again, if we cannot -- my understanding is that costs about $175,000 per each whole-body imaging machine. it is $20, 000 -- $20,000, $30,000 to train a dog. the whole-body imaging machines have something that the machines -- dogs do not have. they have lobbyists. we have to increase security. we have to become more secure, but we cannot give up every civil liberty. we should not be looking at every passenger naked in order to secure the airplane. the pentagon, having spent $19 billion, came to the conclusion that the single best way to find a bomb-making device or bomb- making material is the canine. we're not putting enough emphasis on expanding the use of canines. they are friendly, non infective. they are a simple way to find and fight these explosive devices. >> in terms of the dogs that you have seen, tsa supports the amtrak program. we have supported about 1/3 of the dog teams that they have. a fully equipped team with the trainer
there's a lot of work to be done at a big airports such as dallas, for instance. my understanding of the dollars and the metrics, again, if we cannot -- my understanding is that costs about $175,000 per each whole-body imaging machine. it is $20, 000 -- $20,000, $30,000 to train a dog. the whole-body imaging machines have something that the machines -- dogs do not have. they have lobbyists. we have to increase security. we have to become more secure, but we cannot give up every civil liberty....
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do we want to think big? yes, we all want to think big about how we can reduce the deficit and never have ourselves placed in a situation like this again. this is about past debts. it is not about making room for future spending. we did not begin to that level of conversation. -- we did not get into that level of conversation. >> do you think it is that likely? >> i am glad to hear that he said that. i certainly hope so. thank you. >> next, we will hear from a number of senate republicans on the debt ceiling and spending cuts. the utah senator starts off the briefing. this is 20 minutes. x we are here to announce that -- >> we are here to announce that we are introducing a piece of legislation. this is a proposal that would rates -- raised the debt limit by $2.40 trillion. it would make the increase conditioned upon the occurrence of three events. some significant immediate spending cuts. it would take us back to a topline it number, the same number that was found in legislation recently. it would contain sta
do we want to think big? yes, we all want to think big about how we can reduce the deficit and never have ourselves placed in a situation like this again. this is about past debts. it is not about making room for future spending. we did not begin to that level of conversation. -- we did not get into that level of conversation. >> do you think it is that likely? >> i am glad to hear that he said that. i certainly hope so. thank you. >> next, we will hear from a number of senate...
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we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening remarks. i want you to think seriously about what it implies. singapore is not worrying about the jasmine revolution. singapore is the model. think of china as a giant, technocratic singapore in which the one-party state evolves itself in ways to avoid the collapse of th soviet experience. the second point, and this is where differ, it is precisely when nations are struggling with problems of internal political reform and challenges from below that they are most likely to pursue a more selfish and aggressive foreign policy. t
we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening...
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please give her a big round of applause. [applause] i see a lot of new faces out here and i see a few faces i have known for a long time. some of you here in new me before i had gray hair. [laughter] >> you looked good though. [laughter] >> thank you. malia and sasha say it makes me look distinguished. michelle says it just makes me look old. she loves it, she just says it makes me look old. [laughter] being here with all of you i cannot help but think back to the election to one-half years ago and that night in grant park. it was the culmination of an extraordinary campaign that drew on the hard work of people all across america. men and women and some children. i did well with the eight and under demographic. men and women who believed the change was possible. they believe we did not have to accept politics as usual. they believed we could have a country that lived up to its finest aspirations. was a beautiful night. everybody was feeling pretty good. what i said that night, i said this is not to the end. this is just the
please give her a big round of applause. [applause] i see a lot of new faces out here and i see a few faces i have known for a long time. some of you here in new me before i had gray hair. [laughter] >> you looked good though. [laughter] >> thank you. malia and sasha say it makes me look distinguished. michelle says it just makes me look old. she loves it, she just says it makes me look old. [laughter] being here with all of you i cannot help but think back to the election to...
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>> the president believes that we have to think big and act big, because as i mentioned before, there have been events and decisions that have led us to this point and they include the terrible recession, the worst since the great depression we went through. the fact that because congress wouldn't act, he apointed the commission and they delivered a report. we have the outside report. and we have the president's framework he put forward and the republican budget that passed the house, all of which describe a problem and a solution in generally the same terms. the big exception is three to one, they propose solutions that demand a balanced approach which the president supports. this is not the kind of situation that comes around very frequently and the president believes that it is worth the inevitable political difficulty making tough choices creates to get this done for the american people, for the american economy. so he does not share the view, does not believe it is wise to pursue a short-term solution that essentially would be kicking the can down the road and not at all addressi
>> the president believes that we have to think big and act big, because as i mentioned before, there have been events and decisions that have led us to this point and they include the terrible recession, the worst since the great depression we went through. the fact that because congress wouldn't act, he apointed the commission and they delivered a report. we have the outside report. and we have the president's framework he put forward and the republican budget that passed the house, all...
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we are one big family. now, the guys who got here almost a week ago share with us our brilliant international space station. >> it is a wonderful testimony to the human spirit. you need to be like a family because i'm assuming you have to share pretty cramped quarters and a bathroom. my wife and my daughters are always crowding me out. so, hopefully, you guys have a more organized arrangement then we do. that absolutely, mr. president. we actually have three bathrooms on board, and we have a gym. we have several bedrooms. it is probably one of the more spacious homes that there is outside of planet earth. the well, look, while this mission marks the final flight of the space shuttle program, it also ushers in an exciting new era to push the frontiers of space exploration and human space flight people subject back -- human space flight. you will continue to operate the iss for coming years and seek to advance technology and development. our task nasa with an addition to developing new systems and kinds of sp
we are one big family. now, the guys who got here almost a week ago share with us our brilliant international space station. >> it is a wonderful testimony to the human spirit. you need to be like a family because i'm assuming you have to share pretty cramped quarters and a bathroom. my wife and my daughters are always crowding me out. so, hopefully, you guys have a more organized arrangement then we do. that absolutely, mr. president. we actually have three bathrooms on board, and we...
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it is a big deal. the current course we're all, we will have added 15 trillion dollarsto $60 trillion over 12 years. if we can keep cutting $1 trillion over that deficit every 10 years, then in 150 years we can balance the budget. we can all come out of my 207th birthday and had a celebration. if we are able to raise it to $2 trillion over the next 10 years, it is even better news out all maybe one header 37 -- i will only be 137 years old. i know the hearts of the republicans i am serving with. did they want to do the right thing. they really do want to do what is right for the country. people are saying this is not the best place for a fight. let's wait and have the fight on the debt ceiling. now we are on the debt ceiling and we are told this is not the best place to fight. but wait until november of 2012. >> boo. >> we have never quit fighting. those who founded this country 1/3 supportednly the king because they were afraid of what free them may mean. about 1/3 did not mean anything. american chan
it is a big deal. the current course we're all, we will have added 15 trillion dollarsto $60 trillion over 12 years. if we can keep cutting $1 trillion over that deficit every 10 years, then in 150 years we can balance the budget. we can all come out of my 207th birthday and had a celebration. if we are able to raise it to $2 trillion over the next 10 years, it is even better news out all maybe one header 37 -- i will only be 137 years old. i know the hearts of the republicans i am serving...
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the big jobs would have been a big job creators and they were not included. i think he made a strategic mistake whenever he started talking about job creation and deficit reduction in the same sentence. people got them all jumbled up. here we are talking about deficit reduction with no talk about job creation right now. that was his strategic mistake. he should have extricated themselves. he still should. that will only spiral us down work. -- debt will only spiral us downward. all of the cuts an austerity programs. look at greece. the deeper their austerity goes, the higher their debt goes. this was supposed to be a program to get them out of debt and the recession. it is pushing them in the opposite direction. all of the talk about debt reduction at a time when we have eight jobs crisis and 14 million people out of work -- a stop crisis and 40 million people out of work for the law period ever -- you made history, shonda. he beats to talk to people and let them know that he is going to create jobs. -- he needs to talk to people and let them know he is going
the big jobs would have been a big job creators and they were not included. i think he made a strategic mistake whenever he started talking about job creation and deficit reduction in the same sentence. people got them all jumbled up. here we are talking about deficit reduction with no talk about job creation right now. that was his strategic mistake. he should have extricated themselves. he still should. that will only spiral us down work. -- debt will only spiral us downward. all of the cuts...
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we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening remarks. i want you to think seriously about what it implies. singapore is not worrying about the jasmine revolution. singapore is the model. think of china as a giant, technocratic singapore in which the one-party state evolves itself in ways to avoid the collapse of the soviet experience. the second point, and this is where differ, it is precisely when nations are struggling with problems of internal political reform and challenges from below that they are most likely to pursue a more selfish and aggressive foreign policy.
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10 years is not big enough. others will vote against it because they will oppose even the slightest revenue increased. the speaker has to be looking to hold on to at least half of his side. he will lead a majority of republicans to vote for such a deal. in the senate, the same thing. a majority of senate democrats will need to vote for its rigid vote for this for a to get through. liberal democrats are more and more annoyed with the president. they think that he is selling out the store of core democratic ideals. that this is what the base of the democratic party expats -- expects. each cut that he gives in on will come back to haunt them next year. host: david, thank you for the follow-up to last night's meeting. caller: take care. host: lots going on, lots to talk about. here is one of the headlines. this is the front page of "the washington times" this sunday morning. "president to continue talks with boehner and others on the way forward." we have a crew on the hill. if folks from congress speak today, we wi
10 years is not big enough. others will vote against it because they will oppose even the slightest revenue increased. the speaker has to be looking to hold on to at least half of his side. he will lead a majority of republicans to vote for such a deal. in the senate, the same thing. a majority of senate democrats will need to vote for its rigid vote for this for a to get through. liberal democrats are more and more annoyed with the president. they think that he is selling out the store of core...
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and to reward the wealthiest 2% of our nation with tax cuts and of course big business with tax cuts. the republican majority wasted a crucial day of debate instead of protecting and working on the financial security for our nation. we could have debated a strong jobs agenda like the make it in america agenda the democrats have. we could have discussed how we can strengthen partnerships with businesses to retain america's workers for the jobs that are actually needed here. but what did they do as one former republican budget advisor called it? they debated something that was, and i quote, a misleading political cheap shot. the republicans cut, cap, and balance act is harmful for this country, and it's not a serious proposal. it's not going to be signed into law. they wasted our time. so i am glad that that bill is dead on arrival in the senate, but i really wish, i really wish they would get down to working for america. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. by direction of the c
and to reward the wealthiest 2% of our nation with tax cuts and of course big business with tax cuts. the republican majority wasted a crucial day of debate instead of protecting and working on the financial security for our nation. we could have debated a strong jobs agenda like the make it in america agenda the democrats have. we could have discussed how we can strengthen partnerships with businesses to retain america's workers for the jobs that are actually needed here. but what did they do...
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big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the public to protect themselves from these hazards. it's really not our job to fence off the hazards of the national park. part of that is part of the experience. to see wild america, at least as much that we can create. in the case of the myrtle falls incident, there is a barrier and signs. unfortunately, these individuals crossed those, entered the water, slipped and went over the falls. it's incredibly tragic. we will renew our efforts to warn the public about these thing. yosemite this time of year would have very, very low water flows. because of all the snow, we got
big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the...
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what is interesting, there is a big human cry on the cost of this program. back in 1980 -- i know that is a long time ago -- but back in 1980 the cost had grown to about $4.50 billion in current terms and half a million people were going through the program. that was a different time in this economy. that is when the steel, textiles, and auto industries were hit very hard. there have been a lot of reforms since then -- 1981, 2002, and again in 2009, that has really tightened the program. we are down to about 200,000 people, through the program right now at a cost of about a billion dollars. the program really has been reduced over time and has been really tightened to make sure that the program results and real adjustment and not just some compensation to workers who are losing their jobs. >host: according to the labor department, the eligibility requirements to get the trade adjustment act -- all requirements must be met. hours and wages reduced to 80% or less of weekly average. workers have been totally or partially laid off. sales or production have decli
what is interesting, there is a big human cry on the cost of this program. back in 1980 -- i know that is a long time ago -- but back in 1980 the cost had grown to about $4.50 billion in current terms and half a million people were going through the program. that was a different time in this economy. that is when the steel, textiles, and auto industries were hit very hard. there have been a lot of reforms since then -- 1981, 2002, and again in 2009, that has really tightened the program. we are...
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chairman, listening to small business owners and our local community bankers, not the big banks up in new york, but the local banks, and they have given me a clear indication of the struggle that our small business owners are having when it comes to acquiring credit. they are saying, we are not hiring account executives to go out and meet our small business owners but regulatory analysts to sort through dodd-frank. they are really struggling. mr. chairman what i have done in this amendment is to offer a reasonable solution that would require that bureau to pause and to calculate and to distribute to the public a clear indication of the impact the regulation would have both on the lending institution and on credit for our small business owners and individuals. i believe this is a very prudent bill, given the hyperactive nature of our federal government. it continues to grow, it continues to reach out and choke out the life of the small business entrepreneur. i would urge my colleagues to support this amendment. it really is about confidence. i think that the hard-working folks that i k
chairman, listening to small business owners and our local community bankers, not the big banks up in new york, but the local banks, and they have given me a clear indication of the struggle that our small business owners are having when it comes to acquiring credit. they are saying, we are not hiring account executives to go out and meet our small business owners but regulatory analysts to sort through dodd-frank. they are really struggling. mr. chairman what i have done in this amendment is...
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they were making big dollars. when they change things back on the internet, it went straight back to the fox news co.. they took it to court and before the judge. fox settled out of court. then they turned around for $600 million and bought the company. in the stand, right now, that murdoch has -- i understand, right now, that murdoch has immunity. is that true? host: do not know the answer to that. caller: i heard that it was and that did -- and i did now know that it was true or not. if it is, it is just like oliver north back then. hacking is illegal and should be brought on trial. host: from "the financial times" this morning, this is their lead editorial -- host: we have this twitter message -- host: abraham, your arm, we are talking about the impact -- you are on, we are talking about the impact of the phone hacking scandal. caller: rupert murdoch reminds me of nixon. they allowed their subjects to just run amok. should he get immunity? i do not think so. host: chicago, republican. caller: i was calling more
they were making big dollars. when they change things back on the internet, it went straight back to the fox news co.. they took it to court and before the judge. fox settled out of court. then they turned around for $600 million and bought the company. in the stand, right now, that murdoch has -- i understand, right now, that murdoch has immunity. is that true? host: do not know the answer to that. caller: i heard that it was and that did -- and i did now know that it was true or not. if it...
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is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the floor that makes all those cuts, undermines social security, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have benefited so much from the greatness of our country? is it our best? is it our best to drag this out for all this time to keep in sess spence as to whether we would -- suspense as to whether we would honor our constitutional responsibility to pay our debts? the constitution says the national debt has to be recognized. it has to be recognized. and recognize weid. president after president, 3 times in -- 32 times in recent memory, including when president bush was president, at that time, even though many of us did not agree with the war in iraq, did not agree the tax cuts f
is it level for senior citizens while it gives big tax breaks for oil? is it level so we can give tax breaks to corporations sending jobs overseas? is it on the level for us to make children -- young people and their families pay more for their college education so we can give tax breaks to the high end? is it on the level to bring a boehner bill to the floor that makes all those cuts, undermines social security, eliminates medicare and it doesn't charge one red cent to people who have...
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that is the big issue. the issue that the gentleman makes -- moodys, standard and poor's, and others, that is where those who put their money with us look to see if there is something to be nervous about. nervousness in the business world and the investment world is creating a lot of the issues we have right now. it is the unknown that keeps people from reaching into their surplus money, and deciding whether or not to invest. the nervousness that is created if they should change the rating, they will not drop us to b bonds , i guarantee you, but even if they were to drop bus bounced -- drop us down to double a, there would be feared. fear drives a lot of dangerous thing. host: you're on your way to the conference meeting. what will happen in that room today? guest: i believe we will have presentations about what some of the thinking heads of this country think will happen if the debt ceiling is not increased, but i'm not certain about that. i think we will have discussions about negotiations that have been
that is the big issue. the issue that the gentleman makes -- moodys, standard and poor's, and others, that is where those who put their money with us look to see if there is something to be nervous about. nervousness in the business world and the investment world is creating a lot of the issues we have right now. it is the unknown that keeps people from reaching into their surplus money, and deciding whether or not to invest. the nervousness that is created if they should change the rating,...
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nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it is in areas it shouldn't be. if you read the constitution, you also read the enumerated powers which gives limited powers to the federal government and specifically states everything not listed here is reserved for the people in the states. the reason we have a $3.6 trillion, $3.7 trillion budget, is a trillion and a half of that or more is stuff that's not our responsibility in the first place. sho look, i'm one of the few republicans that stands up and says i think we need to eliminate some of these tax loopholes, but i t
nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it...
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they are obsessed with big business. they break stories on big business is being corrupt. then you have the right of center papers that are obsessed with big corporations -- i mean, with big government. there. it is cool parity i am not for the outing -- the suppression of the adding of corrupt republicans. there is a huge difference. i am totally for all of these republican screwballs to get into trouble getting fired or quit saying today that they get caught, not stretching out for three ludicrous unbelievably weeks. thank you very much, congressman weiner. thank you. i loved every second of it, congressman weiner. especially the hack part. i am the hacker. so we are fighting back. we are entering a phase where objective and neutral journalism is now laughable thing of the fast. it does not exist. i met the people that trotter pretzel themselves into being totally neutral. no one is neutral in the entire world. you have used the cudgel of false neutrality as a means to push the american narrative to the left for the last 40 years. to hell with it. i am sorry that i am be
they are obsessed with big business. they break stories on big business is being corrupt. then you have the right of center papers that are obsessed with big corporations -- i mean, with big government. there. it is cool parity i am not for the outing -- the suppression of the adding of corrupt republicans. there is a huge difference. i am totally for all of these republican screwballs to get into trouble getting fired or quit saying today that they get caught, not stretching out for three...
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they don't even touch any of the tax breaks for big oil, for big gas, for big coal. tax loopholes that help keep companies offshoring jobs, those were too important to cut as well. the republican plan is about misplaced priorities, and we see it in full display here once again today in this bill on the house floor. when it comes to nuclear power, the republicans want to spend more taxpayer money after fukushima. when it comes to coal, republicans want to spend more taxpayer money. this bill even keeps alive the deep-water drilling program ensuring that millions in tax breaks continue to be wasted on developing oil-drilling technologies that rich oil companies already have and can afford to pay for themselves by tipping american consumers upside down at the pump every time they go to refill their gas tanks. they don't need taxpayer money to do this. the last in line should be oil companies. they're first in line. they're first in line under the republican agenda. now, when it comes to clean energy, though, when it comes to the future, what young people think should be
they don't even touch any of the tax breaks for big oil, for big gas, for big coal. tax loopholes that help keep companies offshoring jobs, those were too important to cut as well. the republican plan is about misplaced priorities, and we see it in full display here once again today in this bill on the house floor. when it comes to nuclear power, the republicans want to spend more taxpayer money after fukushima. when it comes to coal, republicans want to spend more taxpayer money. this bill...
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security challenges obviously remain a big problem. i think we will have to try to dig through all of the problems today. and i will tell you that if we do not get strong, substantive answers that every dime that was spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent on the kind of oversight we would expect if we were building a highway down the road of the united states of america, then i it think it is time to focus on a mission where we are training security forces and where we are working to provide stability against the taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan -- that perhaps it is time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going to reconstruction projects when our track record really stings. i hope you all will convince me i am too cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we are spending money in theater. and i want to tell you, i am looking for good news and i hope we hear some today. there are too many people in missouri saying w
security challenges obviously remain a big problem. i think we will have to try to dig through all of the problems today. and i will tell you that if we do not get strong, substantive answers that every dime that was spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent on the kind of oversight we would expect if we were building a highway down the road of the united states of america, then i it think it is time to focus on a mission where we are training security forces...
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tomorrow's vote's so big. it is big. and i thank the gentleman from arizona for leading this hour tonight because it's a precursor to the debate tomorrow, a debate that will be grand, i believe out of all the votes i've cast in my short time, just over a year here, tomorrow's might be one of the most important votes i cast. and stand before this house tonight, madam speaker, before you to say i'll be casting that green vote for that prosperous future of this great nation we have. to restore it, reclaim that liberty that we all know is so great and grand and i look forward to joining many of commy colleagues, such as the gentleman from arizona, thank you. mr. franks: i thank the distinguished gentleman and now recognize the distinguished gentleman from california, congressman bilbray. mr. bilirakis: thank you. i'm honored to speak to the oord -- mr. bilbray: thank you. i'm honored to speak to my friend from arizona. he made a nautical revert reference to the facts of life when tides change and as a child of the ocean i ap
tomorrow's vote's so big. it is big. and i thank the gentleman from arizona for leading this hour tonight because it's a precursor to the debate tomorrow, a debate that will be grand, i believe out of all the votes i've cast in my short time, just over a year here, tomorrow's might be one of the most important votes i cast. and stand before this house tonight, madam speaker, before you to say i'll be casting that green vote for that prosperous future of this great nation we have. to restore it,...